Christianity Today

May, 2003

Volume 47, Number 5

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Faith and War: Prayer Chains • Bush doctrine • Apocalypse again

Cover Story

Cover Story

Apocalypse Again and Again

Phillip Jensen

The Bible doesn’t tell us when to go to war but how to live in a war-ridden world

Features

The Bush Doctrine

Tony Carnes

The moral vision that launched the Iraq war has been quietly growing in the President’s inner circle

Prolife Advocates Herald Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

Kevin Eckstrom

President Bush promises to sign May 13 Senate bill

Marriage in the Dock

John W. Kennedy

Massachusetts case on gay marriage could set off chain reaction.

A Shrink Gets Stretched

Why psychologist Larry Crabb believes spiritual direction should replace therapy

Law and Disorder

Richard Hammar

“Why your church might end up before a judge and jury, and what you can do to prevent it.”

‘I Never Thought I’d See Anything Like that Again’

Timothy R. Callahan

A famine worse than that of 1984 threatens Ethiopia

Missing the Rupture

Christine Scheller

How two groups address the real issues behind church splits

A Familiar Ring

Cindy Crosby

.R.R. Tolkien’s grandson shows in Final Witness that strong fiction runs in the family

A Christian Studies Torah

Cindy Crosby

Athol Dickson’s The Gospel According to Moses encourages exploration of Jewish roots

Loving ‘As Is’ People

Cindy Crosby

John Ortberg’s Everybody’s Normal Till You Get To Know Them explores pursuing the dream of community with imperfect people

Tough Justice in Texas

Cindy Crosby

Living Next Door to the Death House is a valuable contribution to the capital punishment debate

Culture Wars: The Prequel

Eric Miller

History and myth converge in American Dreams’ take on the 1960s

Babylon upon a Hill?

Douglas LeBlanc

Religious thinkers debate how America should use its unrivaled influence

‘Get Mine, Get Yours’

Janice Shaw Crouse

Sexual swagger and slang do not mask a generation’s loneliness

The God of War

Tremper Longman III

God seems to sanction raw violence in the Old Testament. Does his character change in the New Testament?

Free Speech for Politicians

Christianity Today Editorial

God-talk in the public square is healthy

Quotation Marks

Selections from Christian leaders during the Iraq War

Prayer Warriors

John W. Kennedy

E-Mail newsletters are helping hundreds of thousands to pray about the war

Crucial News Service Dies

Wil Triggs

Religious freedom champion Keston Institute shifts focus

Light Verdict Stuns Egypt’s Christians

Cornelis Hulsman

Only 2 of 95 defendants convicted in Muslim mob killings of Copts

Mercy in Baghdad

Carol Lowes

North Americans endure bombing to chronicle the war’s effects on civilians

Baptist Alliance Stung by SBC Cuts

From wire reports

Southern Baptist Convention trims funds to Baptist World Alliance

Before the Refugee Dam Breaks

Kristian Kahrs and Stan Guthrie

“Agencies prepare to help up to 900,000 people in Iraq War”

Denomination Thwarts Bankruptcy

Debra Fieguth

Anglicans cut a deal regarding residential schools abuse suits

Battling Bigotry

Bob Smietana

Widow seeks to stem growing tide of hate crimes

Prolife Groups Respond to Conviction of Antiabortion Extremist

wire and CT staff reports

James Kopp faces 15 years to life for crime

Called to Account

Adelle M. Banks

Tulsa Pentecostal pastor defends his universalism before bishops

News

News

Go Figure

By mid-March 41 percent of churchgoers said their pastor had not mentioned the war

Views

God of the Maggies

“In broken sinners, Jesus saw not their past but their future”

Mercy

Richard A. Kauffman

“Quotations to stir heart and mind from John Stott, Henri Nouwen, and others”

Additional Articles

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